The little girl kept thinking about the boxwood table and chairs in Si's family. She couldn't bear to take a rest after acupuncture and wanted to go see Gudong. The elders in Si's family couldn't laugh or cry, and the head of Si's family didn't stop him: "Axian, you stay with the little girl.
Go see something strange."
The little girl didn't want to stay for tea, presumably because there were mostly old people present in the Si family, and she would find it boring because she didn't have any peers. Moreover, there were several old people wearing only their underwear, so the main hall was not suitable for entertaining young guests.
The little girl is curious about the tables and chairs at home, so why not follow her wishes and let A-Yin play happily with the little guy.
Everyone in the Si family also felt that it was not appropriate to force the little girl to drink tea in the main hall. After all, several of the family members were lying on the floor like garlic, and the smell of sweat from their acupuncture treatment made it inappropriate to entertain guests in this place.
polite.
With the elder's permission, Si Xian happily agreed, walked quickly to the little beauty, and accompanied the little beauty to the fifth courtyard to see the old ancient tables and chairs collected at home.
Xin San and the three young men also followed the fifth young master silently. They were not there for protection, but just to spread the word. If the little girl saw something she liked when she was visiting Si's house, they could allocate their hands and go away.
A message to the elders in the family.
The little girl gave acupuncture to nine people in succession, with breaks in between, for more than three hours. The sun outside was about to set, and the setting sun was shining in the evening, leaving a long afterglow.
Si Xian, as the host, accompanied the young guest out of the seventh courtyard, then through the sixth courtyard to the fifth courtyard, and took the little girl to the Nuan Pavilion next to the main hall next to the main room.
The upper room in the three front courtyards of Si's family is connected to the middle one, the back door is connected to the next courtyard, and the upper room starting from the fourth courtyard is not connected to the main hall behind the main hall door. There is a corridor and alley from the side of the wing room to the back one.
The courtyards are connected, which also ensures the privacy of the private living quarters.
In the middle of the main hall of the fifth courtyard of the Si family is an Arhat bed, with tables on both sides and thrones. One room on the east side is a warm pavilion, where the head of the Si family handles family affairs in winter. A large room is divided into two rooms, inside and outside, with a screen.
The inner room is for resting, and the outer room is the director's office. There is an Arhat bed on the east side, and there is a desk with an upturned head in front. There are ancient luggage boxes next to the wall and separated from the inner room, which can be stored and stored.
Functional treasure rack.
There is also a beautiful five-piece set of waisted round tables and four stools in the middle of the pavilion. The waisted and carved round stools are exquisite. The table is slightly smaller than the standard round table. It is carved from a whole wood and is made with exquisite craftsmanship. The lotus pattern is exquisite.
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The tables and stools are all club-footed. The round table and round stools have another layer about ten centimeters above the ground, which is in the shape of a hollow flower-carved plate. If there are any small items that cannot be held in your hands at all times, you can stuff them under the bench or
On the second floor under the table, the double-layered tables and stools are both beautiful and practical.
The color of the round table and stool is very bright, lighter than gold, and slightly more positive than bright yellow. Its color is not the color of brushing the knees, but the oily color of the wood that naturally penetrates oil.
Si Xian led the little girl from the main hall into the Dongnuan Pavilion, pointed to the tables and chairs in the middle and smiled beautifully and gently: "Little beauty, this set of round tables and chairs with waistband is the set of boxwood tables and chairs that my parents mentioned."
Xin San and his brothers couldn't help laughing, and a smile appeared on the corners of their lips.
Following Mr. Xin into the East Pavilion, Le Yun quickly glanced around with her X-ray eyes, secretly jealous, there were so many ancient things! None of the furniture in the Si family's East Pavilion was modern or antique, they were all genuine.
From ancient times, most of them were from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and a few were from the late Zhu Ming Dynasty.
Everything in ancient times has aura, especially the set of round waisted tables and stools that the Si family calls the most distinctive. It is the most precious of all wooden furniture.
"I know furniture made of whole wood." After taking a quick look, Le Yun was filled with emotion. She jumped up to the table and sat down on a round stool, feeling its warm breath and elegance.
Fragrance, touch the tabletop with your hands, it is delicate and smooth.
"The elders' notes record that what was fished out from the Qiantang River were whole sections of wood, some of which were corroded. Because the materials were rare, they were moved back and stored for more than a hundred years. It was not until the Manchu Dynasty that it was discovered by a carpenter who loved woodworking.
The elders proposed to make tables and chairs. The raw materials were limited, only four benches, and a small amount of leftover materials were put together to make a printing box." The little beauty liked tables and chairs very much. Si Xian explained as he walked to a round stool and sat down.
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Xin San and his three brothers stood together and observed whether the little girl liked the furniture or not.
"Things are rare and valuable." Le Yun stroked the table, jumped up and moved the round stool she sat on to test the weight. The small round stool was very heavy, indeed weighing more than one hundred kilograms.
Putting down the stool, he looked at the furniture in the East Pavilion with strange eyes, and asked with a smile: "Master Xin, are your seniors sure this is boxwood?"
"Isn't it?" Si Xian asked back. The letters written by his elders mentioned boxwood. Although it was indeed very different from boxwood, the elders thought it was because it had been soaked in water for too long and showed signs of turning into stone.
Like, so it's extra heavy.
"Yes, and no." Le Yun sat back on the round stool.
"What should I say?" The little beauty knows a lot. If you have any questions, you must ask her for advice. Otherwise, there would be no store like this in this village.
"According to the information I know, this tree is a rare tree that has become extinct a long time ago. It is called 'Thousand Jin Wood' or 'Golden Wood' in ancient medicine. Its reproduction ability is extremely poor, it is cold-resistant and not heat-resistant, and is only suitable for growing trees."
In places like Kunlun, they became extinct thousands of years ago. At present, we only see if there are any seeds preserved in the mysterious place of Kunlun.
This kind of tree grows extremely slowly. It takes thousands of years to reach the waist circumference of one foot. The length and breadth of a foot of mature wood weighs a thousand kilograms. It takes ten thousand years to be considered mature. Its flesh is golden and does not rot or spoil. It can be said that it is the ancient ancestor of the golden poplar.
, boxwood is one of the descendant varieties of this tree. Judging from the color and age pattern of this round chair, it is not yet fully mature, and is only about seven or eight thousand or eight thousand years old, so it will corrode if soaked in water or buried in the soil.
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"It's incorruptible, so miraculous? Doesn't it mean that there is no opponent to restrain it, which is against heaven." Si Xian touched the table in surprise, because the tables and chairs had an icy feel, so the owners usually moved them out for use in the summer.
"All things are mutually reinforcing and interfering with each other, so how can there be no nemesis? The Thousand Jin tree will not rot or deteriorate after it becomes a tree, but it has a fatal flaw. It is afraid of fire and will burn to dregs when exposed to open fire, because it has tree oil itself, which is equivalent to fire.
Adding fuel to the fire, burning wood is like paper on fire. If it is placed in a raging flame, there is basically no chance of rescue. I also looked at the table, and I went back to the hospital to take a nap. "
I also looked at the table with stories and it was time to go back. Le Yun stretched a little and walked away carrying her bag.
The little beauty gave acupuncture to nine elders at one time, which was a huge workload. Young Master Xin also sympathized with her difficulty and did not invite her to visit Taimen Courtyard and sent her back to the East Courtyard to rest.
